TILLER v. STATE

No. 54388.

440 So.2d 1001 (1983)

John M. TILLER v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 9, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Tiller, pro se.

Bill Allain, Atty. Gen. by Bill Patterson, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

En Banc.


ROBERTSON, Justice, for the Court:

I.

John M. Tiller has petitioned for leave to withdraw a guilty plea entered to an indictment for armed robbery. Among other things, he alleges that he entered his plea in reliance upon advice from his attorney that he would be eligible while in custody to earn "good time" toward early release as would any other prisoner.

In this state persons convicted of armed robbery have a limited right to earn good time. Such...

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